Myra Gurney


Myra_Gurney

 

Biography

Myra has had a diverse teaching career of over 25 years at various levels of state and private education including high school, TAFE and university. She joined UWS as a full time staff member in 2005.

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

Professional, technical and academic writing

E-Learning and blended learning

Language and discourse studies

Communication Theory

Political language and communication

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Grants / Current Projects

Spring 2007-Autumn 2008: Learning and Teaching Action Plan (LTAP) Grant: Simulating the Writing Process: how to write research reports and professional documents (with Drs Ray Archee, Antonio Castillo and Paul Ryder)

Autumn 2007- Spring 2007: Academic Service Learning Grant Scheme: Surveying Community Needs (with Dr Ray Archee)

Autumn 2005: E-Learning Initiative Fund Grant Cultural Accessibility in WebCT: Assessing the effect of culture on the design of WebCT courses (with Dr Ray Archee)

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Awards and Recognition

Autumn 2011: Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (with Dr. R. Archee)

Spring 2010: UWS College of Arts Citation for Excellence in Teaching (with Dr. R. Archee)

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Selected Publications

Archee, R. & Gurney, M (2006). Flash me now: using blended learning to teach SPSS to undergraduates Proceeding of IADIS Virtual Multi-conference on computer science and information systems May, 2006

Archee, R. & Gurney, M (2007). Cultural Accessibility in E-Learning Management Systems: Cultural Artefacts of WebCT Course design IADIS International Conference Proceedings Lisbon, Portugal, July 2007

Archee, R. & Gurney, M. (2011). Integrating Culture with E-Learning Management System Design in Andrea Edmundson (ed) Cases on Globalized and Culturally Appropriate eLearning Information Science Reference

Archee, R., Gurney, M. & Mohan, T. (2012 forthcoming) Communicating as Professionals (3e) Melbourne, Cengage Learning

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Memberships and Engagement

2003-2010: Society for Technical Communication, Australia Chapter (STC) - Secretary 2005; Treasurer 2006-2010

2007-present: Global Media Journal (Australia) - Editorial panel and sub editor

2007-present: Australian Society for Technical Communication (ASTC) - Member

2005-present: Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) - Member

2004-present: Society of Editors (NSW) - Member

2011-present: Australian Political Studies Association (APSA) - Member

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